Simple way to manage any outstanding checks on your Android phone.
Just add a check and then mark it cleared once the check has cleared. The checks are stored in the database for possible future history feature.
Please leave a comment if you would like to see more features in the future.
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Download to your phone from the Android Marketplace
08 Dec, 2009
Posted by: john In: programing| web
I could not figure out why I kept on getting the following error being returned :
< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"? >Error E00003The 'AnetApi/xml/v1/schema/AnetApiSchema.xsd:validationMode' element is invalid - The value '' is invalid according to its datatype 'AnetApi/xml/v1/schema/AnetApiSchema.xsd:validationModeEnum' - The Enumeration constraint failed.
This error is caused by the field validationMode being empty.
Spent half a day trying to figure this out so hopefully this save someone else some time.
I just wanted to test out the Android app wpToGo on my new Android Droid phone. I gave a review on the iPhone app not too long ago so I only thought it would be fare to review this one as well.
First downside with Android itself is there’s no way to take a screenshot. On the iPhone you could just press two button to do this – very useful feature. So this review may be all text.
The editor comes with 4 preset formatting buttons – bold, italic, link, and blockquote. To apply for formatting, you just highlight the words you want to format first then press one of the format buttons. Basically it just wraps the text in a strong, em, anchor, or blockquote html tag.
Would have been nice to have a visual editor but oh well.
Adding picture is pretty straight forward. You just choose a picture from your phone and I’m assuming it’s going to automatically upload them and place them at the bottom of the page. (Update: nope – it places the FULL IMAGE at the top of the post! This needs to be fixed) Would have liked the ability to choose where the picture goes – like left align near the top paragraph or some control. Not a huge deal though.
Next you have you tags and category options. For tags you just enter each tag separated with a comma. The categories are done nicely though. It pulls in the already exisiting categories from the site into a drop down menu. It even allows you to choose multiple categories – very nice!
Finally you have the ability to publish now or I assume save as local draft. I’m going to test the draft feature since I want to know if it stores the draft on the site so I can go in and edit it later before it’s published.
All in all I think the app is great for a portable way to post to you blog. I would defiantly recommend checking it out. The app is free and can be found in the Android market place as wpToGo.
(All pictures taken from Motorola Droid)
The name is bold is what to search by in Android Marketplace.
One of the biggest inconveniences about the Motorola Droid is the lack of ease when it comes to sync media. (videos, music – whatever) Now I could always plug in the phone via USB, mount the SD card and transfer files that way, but it just seems to take way to many steps.
What you’ll need:
Android 2.0 phone (may work on earlier version)
FTPServer (from Android Market Place)
SyncBack (Windows only)
Wifi Connection
Once you’ve downloaded FTPServer onto your phone, go in and enter in the FTP server information you will use to login.
User – username you will use to login via SyncBack
Pass – password you will use to login
Port – must be greater than 1023 (I used 2000)
Default dir – if you want to start off in a certain directory on the phone enter it here (you must know it though since you can not browse for it)
Next just check “Accept connections” under the wifi name and “Any Network”.
Press “Save and Restart Service” to start the FTP server on your phone. I usually takes around 5-15 seconds for the FTP service to fully start.
Below is how I like to have the files synced in SyncBack but please feel free to play around with the settings to best fit your needs. I use it to sync podcast that were downloaded through iTunes and I want what ever is in the directory on my PC to be what’s on the phone. So if I delete a file on the PC, I want it to remove it from the phone on the next sync.
Next you’ll need to install SyncBack. Once it’s installed open the program and create a new profile. You should be prompted with a “Profile type” menu. I chose “Backup:…” but this is really up to you how you want to sync your files.
Next go ahead and click on the “Expert” button at the bottom to give you the needed extra options. Then from the “Simple” tab choose “Backup the source directories files, including all it’s sub-directories”.
Then click over to the “Advanced tab and choose the following options:
Next click over to the FTP tab and click on the “The destination directory is on an FTP server” check box and enter in the FTP information you entered into the FTPServer app. (The phone’s IP should be at the top of the screen within FTPServer) Then go ahead and click on the “Test FTP settings” just to make sure everything is working ok. You should get a message saying “The FTP server was logged onto”. If you don’t go back and double check your login details and you may want to ever restart the app.
Next go up to the top of SyncBack and choose the source directory. (the directory you want to copy from your PC to the phone) Then do the same for the destination directory. This should ask you if you want to connect to the FTP server – choose yes and find the folder you want to drop the files into. (Your SD card is located at /sdcard – you can create new folders by right clicking) I created a “podcast” folder to dump all my podcast into.
Next you can either access the profile from within SyncBack or your can create a shortcut on your desktop by dragging the profile to your desktop. This will allow you to just click on the icon you start the file backup.
If you have any problems with connecting to the FTPServer app, try restarting the FTP service and if that does not fix it, force kill the app and reopen it.
Note: If you sync media (video or pictures), Android will not recognize them until you restart the device. Android has to read the contents of the SD card and for some reason it can not do it on the fly. Maybe it updates it’s media database only on demand.
Pros:
- very easy to use once setup
- no more cables required
Cons:
- can take a while over wifi if file are large
- requires restart when syncing media
- FTPServer app does not work 100% of the time (very minor gripe since it does a very good job most of the time)
Now if you want to really get geeky, you could install the DynDns app and sync files from anywhere in the world – useful if you have a laptop but no wifi connection. But that’s for another tutorial. 
First I must admit I am not a huge Twitter user. I do see the use for it and enjoy checking on a handful of people, but I just don’t have time to check it every hour. But if I wanted to there are a ton of apps out there that allow you to quickly tweet and check the people you’re following. One of those apps is ChillTwit.
ChillTwit is a pretty standard Twitter client. It has all the basics – ability to view the people you follow, view replies and direct messages. It has a similar layout to the way texting is done with conversation bubbles. One of the highlighted features that makes this client different from others is the ability to change the background and conversation bubbles. (BTW: the default colors and background is hideous)
There are a few issues with the app that need to be addressed though. The only big one is the ability to quickly follow someone. Most other apps allow you to do this and it should be standard. The other minor issue is how it handles double quotes. It does not properly convert the HTML code to double quotes. This is a minor issue since it should be a relatively easy fix.
If you’re looking for a new Twitter app with a new fresh user interface, I would definatly recomend checking out ChillTwit – especially since it’s FREE.
Download ChillTwit from iTunes
compose page
replies
settings
download background used in review:
I almost fell out of my chair watching this video. Enjoy!
World’s Largest Cheeto and the Optimus Maximus from Gizmodo on Vimeo.
From Gizmodo
Just a quick collection of silly dogs. Check out fropki.com for more funny pictures.
My mother taught me ‘TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE’.
“If you’re going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.”
My mother taught me ‘RELIGION’.
“You better pray that will come out of the carpet.”
My mother taught me about ‘TIME TRAVEL’.
“If you don’t straighten up, I’m going to knock you into the middle of next week!”
My mother taught me ‘LOGIC.’
“Because I said so, that’s why.”
My mother taught me MORE ‘LOGIC’.
“If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you’re not going to the store with me.”
My mother taught me ‘FORESIGHT’.
“Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you’re in an accident.”
My mother taught me ‘IRONY.’
“Keep crying and I’ll give you something to cry about.”
My mother taught me about the ’science of OSMOSIS’.
“Shut your mouth and eat your supper.”
My mother taught me about ‘CONTORTIONISM’.
“Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck?”
My mother taught me about ‘STAMINA’.
“You’ll sit there until all that spinach is gone.”
My mother taught me about ‘WEATHER’.
“This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it.”
My mother taught me about ‘HYPOCRISY’.
“If I told you once, I’ve told you a million times. Don’t exaggerate!”
My mother taught me the ‘CIRCLE OF LIFE’.
“I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.”
My mother taught me about ‘BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION’.
“Stop acting like your father!”
My mother taught me about ‘ENVY’.
“There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don’t have wonderful parents like you do.”
My mother taught me about ‘ANTICIPATION.’
“Just wait until we get home.”
My mother taught me about ‘RECEIVING’.
“You are going to get it when you get home!”
My mother taught me ‘MEDICAL SCIENCE’.
“If you don’t stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way.”
My mother taught me ‘ESP’.
“Put your sweater on; don’t you think I know when you are cold?”
My mother taught me ‘HUMOR’.
“When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don’t come running to me.”
My mother taught me HOW TO ‘BECOME AN ADULT’.
“If you don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll never grow up..”
My mother taught me ‘GENETICS’.
“You’re just like your father.”
My mother taught me about my ‘ROOTS’.
“Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?”
My mother taught me ‘WISDOM’.
“When you get to be my age, you’ll understand.”
And my favorite: My mother taught me about ‘JUSTICE’.
“One day you’ll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!!!
